Since the era of Reconstruction, Black historians have always fought to defend the truth against white supremacist mythology. In the second Trump administration, we must again.

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Since the era of Reconstruction, Black historians have always fought to defend the truth against white supremacist mythology. In the second Trump administration, we must again.

We come to it at last—the final #ScholarSunday thread before my Fall 2026 semester begins. So here it is, my 291st thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming ...

Since the era of Reconstruction, Black historians have always fought to defend the truth against white supremacist mythology. In the second Trump administration, we must again.

[On August 15th, this AmericanStudier celebrates his 49th birthday. So as I do each year, here’s a series sharing some of my favorite posts from each year on the blog, leading up to a new post with 49...

Newspaper columnists instructed generations of citizens about the Fourteenth Amendment. Today, the country seems to have forgotten how clear the law is.

Seth Rockman’s work, Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery offers a tantalizing display of historical craftsmanship that should appeal to historians of material culture, antebellum-...

The passing of the Reverend Jesse Jackson (1941-2026) leaves the world without one of its major remaining ties to the Civil Rights era. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson embodied the Bla...

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Seth Rockman’s work, Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery offers a tantalizing display of historical craftsmanship that should appeal to historians of material culture, antebellum-...

One interesting American thing (a technical term, meaning a moment or event, a text, a controversy, an idea, a figure, or whatevertheheckelse I think of) per day, from Ben Railton, a professor of Amer...

President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, U.S. officials told CBS News, ratchet up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Podcast Episode · Our New South · 01/21/2025 · 56m

After a long run, Uni Watch’s coverage of athletics aesthetics is coming to a close.

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

Here it is, my 245th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more in comments below, please share widely, & en...

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

With historic research studies, historians can help to shape the interpretation, research, and educational programming of the National Park Service.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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In 1995, the "Deep Space Nine" installment “Past Tense” stood out for its realistic, near-future vision of racism and economic injustice.